Miss Hickory (Newbery Library)

by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Ruth Chrisman Gannett (Illustrator)

Overview

Miss Hickory is an old country doll made from an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut as a head. She wears a blue-and-white gingham dress and her eyes are inked on. She lives in a corncob house until it is taken over by lazy Chipmunk. Now, Miss Hickory has no choice but to move. Aided by her friend Crow, who shows her a delightful robin’s nest in a McIntosh tree, she begins a new life.

Unfortunately, Miss Hickory has a hard head and though Squirrel and Mr. T. Willard, the cat, want to be her friends, she rebuffs them with harsh words. Despite that, she has many adventures in the woods that winter. She survives quite well, until she criticizes Squirrel one time too many. Miss Hickory is a whimsical fantasy about forest and barn animals that brims with homespun wisdom and charm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435119000
Publisher:	Sterling
Publication date:	09/05/2009
Series:	Newbery Library Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1875–1961) was a kindergarten teacher who attended Teacher’s College at Columbia University, as well as an editor of an educational magazine. She wrote many books for young children, as well as books about storytelling to children. Her novel, Miss Hickory, was awarded the 1947 Newbery Medal.

Ruth Chrisman Gannett (1896–1979) was a lithographer and illustrated several children’s books, including Miss Hickory and My Father’s Dragon, a collaboration with her stepdaughter, Ruth Stiles Gannett, which won the Newbery Honor in 1949.